J⊘rgen M⊘ller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4372964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J⊘rgen M⊘ller |
| GIVEN NAMES | J⊘rgen |
| FAMILY NAME | M⊘ller |
| SIGNATURE | M⊘LLER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Post-Communist Corruption: In a League of its Own
Conventional wisdom has it that the post-communist countries are in a league of their own with regard to corruption. At first sight, the levels of corruption are, indeed, particularly high in both presently communist and formerly communist countries. However, this generalization dissolves as a mirage when the proper control variables are included into the explanatory model. Countries with a communist past or a communist presence are as corrupt as…
A Critical Note on ‘The Rise of Illiberal Democracy
Almost a decade ago, Fareed Zakaria published an article claiming that 'illiberal democracies', i.e., countries combining the presence of free and fair elections with the absence of constitutional liberalism, were on the rise in the present; and were beckoning as a new species of democracy in the future. In this research note, I revisit and reassess Zakaria's claim. On the basis of a simple conceptual critique-that it is logically necessary to tr…
Norepresentationwithout Taxation: Tradingrightsfor Revenue in the Post-Communist Word
Almost a century ago, the academic current of fiscal sociology voiced a very strong claim about the relationship between rights and revenue. Rights, the argument went, have historically been traded for revenue in a grand "quid-pro-quo." In other words, rights have only become effective where the rulers have been dependent upon broad-based taxation. If we let this insight travel to the post-communist countries - where we find an empirical triparti…
A Critical Note on ‘The Rise of Illiberal Democracy
Almost a decade ago, Fareed Zakaria published an article claiming that 'illiberal democracies', i.e., countries combining the presence of free and fair elections with the absence of constitutional liberalism, were on the rise in the present; and were beckoning as a new species of democracy in the future. In this research note, I revisit and reassess Zakaria's claim. On the basis of a simple conceptual critique-that it is logically necessary to tr…
Post-Communist Corruption: In a League of its Own
Conventional wisdom has it that the post-communist countries are in a league of their own with regard to corruption. At first sight, the levels of corruption are, indeed, particularly high in both presently communist and formerly communist countries. However, this generalization dissolves as a mirage when the proper control variables are included into the explanatory model. Countries with a communist past or a communist presence are as corrupt as…
Norepresentationwithout Taxation: Tradingrightsfor Revenue in the Post-Communist Word
Almost a century ago, the academic current of fiscal sociology voiced a very strong claim about the relationship between rights and revenue. Rights, the argument went, have historically been traded for revenue in a grand "quid-pro-quo." In other words, rights have only become effective where the rulers have been dependent upon broad-based taxation. If we let this insight travel to the post-communist countries - where we find an empirical triparti…
A Critical Note on ‘The Rise of Illiberal Democracy
Almost a decade ago, Fareed Zakaria published an article claiming that 'illiberal democracies', i.e., countries combining the presence of free and fair elections with the absence of constitutional liberalism, were on the rise in the present; and were beckoning as a new species of democracy in the future. In this research note, I revisit and reassess Zakaria's claim. On the basis of a simple conceptual critique-that it is logically necessary to tr…
Post-Communist Corruption: In a League of its Own
Conventional wisdom has it that the post-communist countries are in a league of their own with regard to corruption. At first sight, the levels of corruption are, indeed, particularly high in both presently communist and formerly communist countries. However, this generalization dissolves as a mirage when the proper control variables are included into the explanatory model. Countries with a communist past or a communist presence are as corrupt as…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Communism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works)